The Girl Who Counted Numbers: A Novel by Roslyn Bernstein is a well-written and well-researched historical work that chronicles a young woman’s quest to solve a family mystery. Seventeen-year-old Susan Reich graduated from high school early and wants to take a break by going out...

The Key to Kells by Kevin O’Connor is an exciting read. We follow Key Murphy, an almost police officer, who gets visions of an old Irish monk who fought against the Vikings and saved a treasure. The valuable object is a book, the Book of...

The Seventh Reel by C.J. Booth takes on a subject that most mystery fiction writers shy away from. When President John F. Kennedy was gunned down in the streets of Dallas in 1963, despite the official findings of the Warren Commission, the incident remains an...

Rod Vick’s The Book of Invasions is an outstanding illustration of what a great novel should be. The events and moments are a mash-up of significant historical occurrences. A 5,000-year-old artifact is found in the melting ice at a Greenland ecological research station in the...

The Poe Predicament is a historical fiction mystery thriller by Phil Thomas. Recently divorced former college professor Richard Langley's life turns upside down when he gets his hands on an old copy of Tamerlane and Other Poems signed by Edgar Allen Poe himself. Soon, Richard...

The Maltese Haddock: The Dogsbreath Histories Book 3 by Keven Shevels is the latest installment in a series that chronicles the hilarious exploits of the grandfather of the current Ivor Dogsbreath. The story unravels during the summer of 1948 in northern England at a private...

The Lost Book of Eleanor Dare by Kimberly Brock is a beautiful and captivating novel. The mystery of Roanoke ties into the familial history of Alice, who is a descendant of Eleanor Dare. Eleanor's legacy is handed down through a book that contains her story,...

The Feathered Nest by Ellen Read is part of The Thornton Mysteries series. The Thornton family has planned an expedition to take them to Norfolk Island just in time for Alexandra's birthday. Their goal is to study and save the endangered species of birds on...

Written by Ann K. Howley, The Memory of Cotton follows fifteen-year-old Shelby, a rebellious teenager who suffers from bouts of anger and grief after the unexpected death of her younger brother, which also led her parents to divorce. One day, while rummaging through her grandmother's...

The Grave with Greener Grass: Finder Series by DL Havlin is a treasure hunt for money and valuables that no one has been able to locate. The only clue to its whereabouts is contained in an old letter. Sly Harrell takes on the case when...